Lynch Family History
- Lynch Name Meaning
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch. Irish (Anglo-Norman): Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway. English: topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,943,378 Historical Documents with Lynch on Ancestry
- 1,547,533 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 905,198 Census and Voter Lists
- 189,216 Military Records
- 173,514 Immigration Records
- 1,127,917 Member Trees
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Number of Lynch families
 955 - 1,907  319 - 954 |
 1 - 318  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lynch families
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140 - 278 47 - 139 |
1 - 46 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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- Ireland (8,793)
- Great Britain (1,277)
- England (1,240)
- Scotland (159)
- Germany (34)
- Irish Free State (22)
from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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